I agree, it’s dumb, but it really looks like what they’re building up for.

I don’t mean to say I think Wolverine is actually going to stay dead in any way (although I’m not ruling it out), I just think they may be gearing up to “kill”/event his death.

I didn’t think Daken was either, but the whole Fury speech seemed to be spelling that out – perhaps Daken is still just a Romulus pawn in the whole thing, but that seems to be the way the writer is leading us. Could be a red herring of course, but a 33 issue red herring is stupid.

I don’t hate Daken. I just think that they just gave Wolverine a daughter without spending that much time on that relationship and now the throw him a son so soon after? He doesn’t bring anything new to the table – we’ve already got enough clawed healers to go around.

Although I suppose he could be the Sabertooth replacement. Not that Sinister can’t just clone Sabertooth in some way…but Marvel doesn’t usually throw away characters like that (or print Origin issues for them after they are killed).

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Also, Origins still has 20-30 issues to go, and I don't think the "death event" would come until the end of that. So having another Wolverine title start up doesn't really impact my guess here. Also, Daken is taking over the main book - so it's really just a fill for that I think - ie give the new character the old book to try and get him that established readership, then start a new title with the character you know can bring the audience.
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Besides, is Daken still out to kill his father? I think he’s gone past that now and is more concerned with world domination but maybe I missed something.

You may want to flip through X-Men at your local comic shop, by the way as it is shaping up to be a good comic again (in my opinion, ofcourse).